Post #252204 by Suffering Bastard of Stumptown on Sun, Sep 3, 2006 4:50 PM

Well, those two joints were nothing to write home about. Unless you write horror stories.
No, really, they weren't bad, but decidedly not tiki.

First we met at Orchids of Hawaii, which was in a building that seemed like it might have been a strip joint or a Moose Lodge at some point. When I say "we" I mean Johnman, Rain and Leila, and Traci and myself.

Inside the only tiki was behind the bar, and it was being used as a place to keep baseball hats.

The only mugs they had were scorpion and volcano bowls. The bartender said he used to have a lot more, but not recently. One thing I will give them, the drink was worth the money. My scorpion was certainly STRONG.

So then we went over to Tiki Buddha, which was in a strip mall. It also had no tiki decor.

They did use a variety of good mugs, and my Doctor Funk was pretty good. However, they refused to sell us mugs. The food was pretty tasty however.

I am sure Rain and Johnman will fill you in with more details including some photos, but if you are looking for tiki, don't try these two places.

However, I will say that the company was EXCELLENT! We look forward to doing more with that gang of Rhode Islanders!

..sbim